Screw driver



c. A. BATES -AND E. FULTS. SCREW-DRIVER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 23, 1921.

1,424,275. Pat nted Aug. 1, 1922.

a gaw WITNESS:

CLARENCE A. BATES AND EDVJIN FULTS, OF VGANASTOTA, NEW YORK.

SCREW DRIVER.

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Application filed. May 23, 1921.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, Chromium A. Barns and EDWIN FUL'rs, citizens of the United hitates, residing Czmastota in the county of Madison and State of ifle'w l1 ork, have invented new and useful improvements in ii /crew Drivers, of which the following is a specification.

Our present invention has reference to an improved screw driver.

Our object is to produce an instrument or this character comprising a handle having a shank extension to which pivoted a mem her having its ends provided with right angularly disposed blades which are spring influenced whereby the member may be held in longitudinal alignment with the shank to permit of a screw being; acted on in the ordinary manner, and also whereby the said member may be arranged at a. right angle with respect to the shaft so that the handle may be sustained horizontally and turned to engage with screws which are so located that the same could not be properly or conveniently engaged when the blade is arranged longitudinally with. respect to the shank.

The foregoing, and other objects which will. appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction, combination and operative association of parts, such as is disclosed by the drawings which accompany and which form part of this specification.

in the drawings Figure l is an elevation showing the blade carrying member arranged longitudinally on the shank.

Figure 2 is a similar view but showing the blade carrying member arranged right angularly with respect to the shank.

Figure 3 is a view showing the contacting engagement of the springs with the pivoted l'jilade carrying member when the device is in the position illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure -lis a similar view with the device arranged in the position illustrated in Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 5-5 of Figure 2.

Figure 6 a perspective view looking toward the end of the shank.

Figure 7 is a perspective view of the blade carrying member.

Figure 8 is a similar view of the spring.

A handle 1 is provided with a shank exten- Specificaticn of Letters Patent.

)Patented Aug. i, 1922.

Serial No. 472,018.

sion 2, the latter being enlarged, as at 3, for a considerable distance from its outer end. The enlarged end 3 of the shank is prefer ably square in cross section and has one of its faces notched to form a pocket l, the said enlargement, directly outward with re spect to the pocket being centrally formed with an ear 5.

On the face 01" the shank enlargement 3 opposite'that provided with the notch there is secured a fiat spring 6.

The blade carrying member comprises a substantially rectangular body 7 approximately centrally formed with an opening 8 that receives therein the ear 5, the body being pivotally connected to the ear by a rein0vable pivot member 9 The body 7 has its inner face from one of the corners thereoi reduced or cut-away providing a reduced extension 10 that has its :t'aces beveled trans versely from the center to the end thereof, thus providing a blade 1.1. also the sides oi the extension 10 are inclined, as at 12 toward the edge of the blade. The body has its side faces cutaway outward of the opening 8 at the opposite end of the said body or otherwise formed with a central eX- tension 13 which is arranged right angularly With respect to the extension 10. The extension 13 has its itaces beveled to its end providing the said end with a blade 1%. For distinction, the shoulders provided between the body and the extension or shank 13 of the blade i l are indicated by the numeral 16, and the inner flat face of the body by the numeral 17.

The outer end of the fiat spring 6 is centrally slotted, as at 18, the said slot receiv ing therein the shank or body portion 13 of the blade i l when the blade carrying member 7 is arranged right angularly Witi respect to the shank 2. The contacting engagement of the arms of the spring to the opposite sides of the slot 18 therein, with the shoulders 16, effectively hold the member 7 at a right angle with respect to the shank 2. Thus the member 7 may be arranged to provide the shank 2 with two laterally arranged right angularly extending blades, either of which may be inserted in the kerfed head of a screw to permit of the handle being swung horizontally. A pressure can be exerted on the shank to more effectively force either of the blades 11 or 14 in the kerl oi the screw which will materially facilitate the driving or unscrewing of the screw.

When the member 7 is swung on its pivot 9 and the reduced inner face of the eXtension or shank 10 oi the blade 11 is received in the socket 4-, the spring ll. will have its slotted end contacting with the face L? of the member 7, thus effectively holding the member in longitudinal alignment With the shank and permitting the blade 14- to be employed in the ordinary manner.

Having described the invention, We claim:

A; screw driver including a handle having a shank provided at its'outer end with a reduced ear, a member having an opening therein receiving the ear and being pivotally connected to the ear, said member having a reduced extension on the outer face thereof projecting in one direction from the opening therein and having a sharpened end to provide a blade, said member, at the end therewhen the member is swun ri ht an 'ularlv with respec" to the shank.

in testimony whereof We afi'ix our signatures.

CLARENCE A. BATES. EDWIN FULTS. 

